Ty Harper | Community,Video | Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
First introduction to Drew Ebanks – sports writer and hoops head, who’s translated that love of the game into a nice viral show profiling the game from a Toronto perspective. In this first episode he hooks up with The Mega’s own Cory Joseph who currently plays for the San Antonia Spurs.
With this rendition, I wanted to embody the many things that this time of this specific year has to offer, which includes christmas, feel good music, astrology, and supposedly the beginning of the end of the world all rolled into one. So I decided to do my own R&B rendition of the hit TV show “The Big Bang Theory” which I sang and produced myself. I also thought to myself “how can I make a video to this?” and then as I was learning the motion graphics program “after effects” to create my own logo, I got the idea that I should just create a full on motion graphics lyrics video which takes place in space. It only makes sense right? So for the past couple weeks I’d been studying the program and researching information on the universe and this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy it đ
Torontoâs G Milla returns with a video titled Tonight We Die. G always delivers strong visuals, this time directed by Zac Facts for Independent Muscle. If you havenât done so, download/stream G Millaâs latest mixtape, Downtown.
âA paradox for minds you got to read between the lines âŚâ â G
Ty Harper | Music,Video | Thursday, December 20th, 2012
The latest appearance since the amazingly hilarious “Rhyme O’Clock” video with the Wordburglar, Toronto rapper More Or Les gets serious with “Big Sugar”, the first video from his 2012 album “Mastication.” Drawing from the documentary of the same name, this song explores the dark history and modern power of the world’s reigning sugar cartels, and our relation to refined sugar as we continue to over-consume it in post-industrial First World nations. Filmed at the “Museum of Indulgence” exhibition at Harbourfront Centre, this video features original sugar-based art work from Montreal artist Shelley Miller — http://www.shelleymillerstudio.com/info.php.
Ty Harper | Music,Video | Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Jhyve kicks lyrical and melodic about his past, present and future Christmases.
“Good Christmas” takes us through memories of Jhyve’s Christmas years past, and the struggles of the holidays going forward. As Jhyve describes it:
“This song is really personal to me, and will probably touch anyone who misses Christmas days as they were. Most change is for the better. But sometimes, you can’t help but miss what once was.”
The song’s cool, soulful sound was produced by up and coming Toronto talent “Novembers Coldest”.
KemiKAL drops visuals for the first single/title track off of his upcoming self produced project “Elevator Music: Going Up” slated to drop December 31st!
Ty Harper | Music,Video | Monday, December 17th, 2012
Read Kamau’s thoughtful and candid reflection in its entirety HERE!
Sometimes we donât know what we have when we have it.
After the release of my album, One Day Soon, I experienced one of the longest and lowest periods of depression in my life thus far. I suffered it mostly alone in my apartment during a cold, grey winter in Toronto. Most people I know where completely unaware save a few who cared, and cared to know. I am lucky to have a handful of close friends who supported me though it. The album was not doing what I wanted, a relationship I was in ended between when the album was released on Oct 7 and the album release celebration on Nov 11, I found myself arguing with friends and avoiding them as I only wanted peace, I felt drained, I was left with a great sense of isolation and loneliness.
I wanted my music to be âsuccessful,â I thought the energy that I put in would come back in a form that would help me pay my rent, for longer than two months and not drive me into debt. I felt immobilized; many days I didnât leave my apartment, often I didnât leave my bed.
The truth is, I donât know what Iâm doing. I am an artist, that is the only thing I ever wanted to be, the only thing I ever wanted to do, I have other interests of course, but they always lead me back to something creative, something about communication and purpose. I have failed a lot, made a lot of mistakes, but how is it possible when you know so clearly what you should be doing that it never really works?
Get caught up like I just did via the specs below!
“Greeneâs anticipation-fuelled, melancholic garage production is the perfect foil to ANGOâs soulful R&B vocal” — Dummy Mag
Canadian singer / songwriter ANGO delivers the visuals to “True Blue”, one of the standout tracks from his full-length album Serpentine released last summer via ango.ca and LuckyMe.
ANGO’s soulful vocals and earnest lyrics glide over an instrumental masterpiece layed by longtime collaborator Jacques Greene – the two having also teamed up on “Flatline” from Greene’s Concealer EP and “Perfume” featured on the Vase compilation EP earlier this year. On “True Blue”, ANGO’s ethereal voice and confessional tone strike a delicate balance between melancholy and hope, anguish and aspiration. Greene’s layered arrangements build a climactic ascent, providing a soundscape that evokes soulful R&B, garage and UK Bass all at once.
In the video, various shades of blue appear in a dreamlike environment where ANGO confronts the object of his affection, and ultimately leaves the viewer pondering about the ambiguous nature of love and relationships.
Closing out a prolific year that began with the release of his debut Another City Now vinyl EP with LuckyMe and his heralded cover of Sade‘s “No Ordinary Love” delivered as a free download on Valentine’s Day, ANGO teamed up with Lunice and Prison Garde this summer for the Avant Gang EP released with Red Bull Music Academy. He later contributed a momentus guest appearance on Zulu Guru – Jesse Boykins III and Melo-X‘s full length release on Ninja Tune this fall. His coup de force came with the release of Serpentine, a full length conceptual album that featured production from Jacques Greene, Kuedo, and Numan among others- unleashing a bigger and bolder creative output from ANGO and cemeting his role as a pioneer of progressive R&B. The lead single “Paralyzed” was premiered by Pitchfork.
Having witnessed the recent unfolding of the “All Originals Represent” campaign, Hypebeast aligns with dance party curators Keys N Krates for a piece we aptly dubbed Unrehearsed. Comprised of Adam Tune on drums, David Matisse on keys and Jr. Flo on the ones-and-twos, the Toronto-based tripartite formed in 2008 out of a desire to do something different through fusing electronic remixing and live dance parties. In creating an experience unlike so many, the electro-collective started by locking themselves in a rehearsal room for six months to create and finesse their unique sound and identity. Having now traveled the world rocking with all ethnicities, the struggle returns in the form of maintaining that originality for their loyal fans and unfamiliar listeners. Forever in search of a certain “oneness” with the crowd, a Keys N Krates’ party is something that can only be truly experienced in person. In the meantime however, enjoy this video treatment as Filmmakers Sid Singh and Nithya Thayaal follow the three musicians as they prepare for and perform at a live showing.
Those who know me know that I’m super critical when it comes to Indian MCs. Recently came across this dude Noyz though and a video like this totally caught me. This is the perfect intro to dude. It’s “old” (came out in July) but it’s new to me so just take it in if you’re not familiar (currently on repeat). Only background I have on dude is that he’s also part of a new group called Zoo Babies. There was one video posted a couple years back that also featured Noyz (below) but this is a better place to start. More to come…
